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Quote by Thomas Merton
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themsel

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. – Thomas Merton

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Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another. – Thomas Merton

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We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God. – Thomas Merton

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